January 2026 · Sun Auto Tire & Service acquires Mac's Tire & Service (Tupelo, MS)

A 70-year-old independent in Tupelo, gone in a headline

By Clay Whitaker, Auto Shop Acquisitions

Fast facts

Buyer:: Sun Auto Tire & Service
Target:: Mac's Tire & Service (Tupelo, MS)
Date:: January 2026
Locations:: 1 (target)
Source:: Aftermarket Matters

Mac's Tire & Service, a roughly 70-year-old Tupelo, Mississippi independent founded by Weylan McPherson, was acquired by Sun Auto as the platform continued building out the Southeast.

Deals this size barely register in the trade press. But for the owner, it is the single biggest financial event of their life, and it is over in a sentence.

Why Mac's Tire & Service was a target

→Seven decades of goodwill and a trusted local name: exactly the sticky, hard-to-replicate customer base a national platform wants.
→Geographic fill-in: a well-placed independent extends the platform's Southeast coverage and feeds its density strategy.
→Trained staff and local relationships that transfer with the deal, lowering integration risk.

What it means for owners

The owner of Mac's probably did fine. But 'did fine' and 'got what it was worth' are not the same thing, and you only learn which one you got after it's too late to change it. Know your number first.

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